Gas-producer.



No. 735,494. PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903.

J. W. GAYNER. GAS PRODUCER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

' conduit D, the latter being composed of off- I to make it practicable to manipulate a the gas-producer.

JOHN WILLIAM GAYNER, OF SALEM,

iatented August 4, 1903,.

ATEN-T FFICE,

NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AMERI- OAN PRODUCER-GAS FURNACE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GAS-PRODUCER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,494, dated August 4, 1903.

Application filed September 18, 1902. Serial No. 123,811. (No model-l To all whom, it may concern: I

, Be it known "that I, J o N WILLIAM GAY- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Salem, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Inlprovement in Gas-Producers, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention consists of a novel construction of gas-producers and conduits for'leading gas therefrom, and it is designed to afford means for removing soot and accumulations within said conduits without shutting down The invention further consists in the details of constructionhereinafter fully described and specifically claimed.

Figure 1 represents a horizontal section .on line a; a; of a gas-producer plant constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 represents a verticalsection'thereof, taken on line y y.

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates gas-producers that communicate with the common vault or compartment Bby means of pipes O. From the vaultfB-extends the set sections E, which in the instance illustrated are angular or zigzag.

In United States Letters Patent No. 645,719, granted to me on the 20th day of March, 1900, I have shown means for removingsoot from gas-producer conduits without shutting down the gas-producer, and my present'invention is an improvement thereon and is designed to allow the soot to be readily removed without regard to the length of conduit extending from the producers to the place of consumption. It is of course understood that in very long straight conduits it might not be practicable to manipulate the hoe or scraper with a handle of sufficient length to reach the entire length of the conduit. To overcome this, I make the conduit D in offset sections E, each section being of convenient length scraper throughout the entire length. In the drawings I have shown what is known as an underground conduit and a battery of is also provided withopenings F, closed by plates H, through which hoes G may be manipulated. The vault and each section E of the conduit are provided with outlet-openings J,

having valves K, that are manipulated from the outside by stems L. These openings J communicate with compartmentsM, situated beneath the vault Band conduit D, and access is bad to the compartments M through openings N, that are closed by doors P.

The operation is as follows: When the plant is in operation, the hoes G are withdrawn into the openings F, and the valves K and the doors P are closed. When the accumulated soot is to be removed, the valves K are first opened,and then the hoes are manipdlated to scrape the soot into the openings J;

through which it falls into compartmentslli/L The valves K are then closed and the doors I opened'and the soot removed from the compartments M. It is seen that this operation can be carried on without afiectin'g the operation of the plant, and by reason of the offset or zigzag section of the conduit it is immaterial how far the gas has to be ledfrom the producers to the place of consumption, since the sections may be made of a length that will make it practicableto employ a hoe in scraping out the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as 116W,'3.[1d desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A-conduit for conveying gas from a gas producer, consisting of horizontal angular sections forming a continuous conduit, said sections being provided with outlet-openings, and independent means in each section for conveying the accumulations to said outletopenings.

2. A conduit for conveying gas from a gasproducer, Consisting of substantially horizontal angular sections forming a continuous conduit, said sections being provided with outlet-openings, and independent scraping devices in said sections provided with handles extending through openings in the Walls of the adjacent sections.

3. A conduit for conveying gas from a gasvault, and means within said vault operated from the exterior of said vault for conveying accumulations in the bottom of said vault into said opening.

5. The combination with a plurality of gasproducers, of a vault communicating therewith and provided with a valved outlet-opening, a compartment below said vault provided with a valved outlet, and scrapers situated Within said Vault and provided with handles extending through openings in the side thereof.

6. A conduit for conveying gas from gasproducers, consisting of substantially hori zontal angular sections, each of said sections being provided with a valved outlet-opening between the ends thereof, compartments communicating with each of said outlet-openings and having valved outlet-openings, and scrapers situated in said sections and provided with handles extending through openings in the side walls of adjacent sections.

7. A conduit for conveying gas from gasproducers, consisting of substantially horizontal zigzag sections provided with outletopenings, and independent means for con veying accumulations in said sections to said outlet-sections.

- J. WILLIAM GAYNER. Witnesses:

S. L. RICHMOND, E. J. RICHMOND. 

